Education System

Good Enough Does Not Lead to Greatness

Dr. David Svaldi | Posted 04.27.2012

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Dr. David Svaldi

Too often, we fail to strive for excellence or greatness because we believe it is not probable, so why try? Or, we accept the status quo, even if it is mediocre or sub par. "Good enough" will not be adequate to solve the huge number of issues facing our nation.

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Empower Effective Teachers -- Get Out of Our Way!

Larry Strauss | Posted 04.04.2012

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Larry Strauss

We cannot begin to fix our education system until we get everyone in power to recognize the falseness of the military-corporate-education analogy, until we accept the absolute stupidity of executive-ruled schools.

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Graduation, or Biking on Thin Air

Seth Engel | Posted 02.29.2012

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Seth Engel

Academic competition isn't inherently bad, but the earlier the pressure to outdo one's classmates begins, the more damage it can potentially cause.

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WATCH: rEDesignMyEdu Twitter Campaign Seeks K-12 Ideas From Young People

Posted 12.15.2011

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While lawmakers seek to make sweeping changes to public education at the national and state levels, some University of Michigan students are looking t...

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What’s Involved In Reinventing Education?

Forbes | Steve Denning | Posted 10.09.2011

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The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. -- Albert Einstein The US education sys...

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Lila Shapiro

Kids Are Not All Right: Community Job Loss Hampers Student Achievement

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.07.2011

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Studies have long indicated that children whose parents lose jobs will falter academically. But new evidence shows that widespread job loss doesn't on...

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Parent Angers After 10-Year-Old Given 'Graphic Sex Book' By School

Mail Online | Posted 07.02.2011

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A Washington state mother has filed a complaint against her daughter's school district after she brought home a ‘graphic’ sexual education book th...

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Bestselling Author Speaks Out About America's 'Comply or Defy' School System

Shawna Vercher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shawna Vercher

Though the New York Times bestseller is catalogued in the Business genre, the Motivational 3.0 theories he outlines in Drive could play a key role in reforming education.

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Lucia Graves

House Education Chair: U.S. School System Is 'Failing Our Country'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. students ranked "average" in an international education assessment released on Tuesday, but House Education and Labor Chairman Geor...

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How Democratic Are Our Schools?

Deborah Meier | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deborah Meier

The habits of schooling make best sense if we were a dictatorship. So I shouldn't be surprised that folks are bewildered by teachers demanding, through their union, they have the same due process we offer other public employees.

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WATCH: FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT: Vicki Abeles Reveals Our Education System In 'Race To Nowhere'

Posted 05.25.2011

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WHO: Filmmaker Vicki Abeles WHAT: 'Race To Nowhere' WHEN: September 10th at the IFC CENTER, New York and LAEMMLE'S SUNSET 5, Los Angeles. National ...

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John Legend at Premiere of Waiting for "Superman"

Tabby Biddle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tabby Biddle

"I really believe in the need for real change in the education system," said John Legend. Anyone who is a fan of Legend knows what a heartfelt guy he is.

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Are Public Schools in Crisis or are Communities?

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Romal J. Tune

We shouldn't be so quick to close schools when we hear that they're failing, rather we should be asking what we can do to help a community to address deeper problems that impact the classroom.

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Schools Exist to Produce People Who are Happy, Empathic, and Effective

Karl Sikkenga | Posted 11.17.2011

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Karl Sikkenga

When members of a school trust each other, and believe in their own power, then the pursuit of happiness becomes suffused into the daily rituals of the community.

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Students, Not Banks

Christie Garton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christie Garton

In the past, we've taken a college degree for granted. Now, fiscal "responsibility" may ultimately force hundreds and thousands of students to put off college in the interim, or ultimately drop out altogether.

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Southern Public School Students Are Predominantly Poor And Minorities

Posted 05.25.2011

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Southern public schools are the first in the country to have both a poor and minority student majority, The New York Times reported Thursday. A repo...

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Overflow At Schools Means Some Kids Can't Attend Classes Just Yet

New York Daily News | By Rachel Monahan and Meredith Kolodner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Most of the city's 1.1 million school children got through school Wednesday without a hitch, but some kindergartners will have to wait a few more days...

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A World Class Education System: What's Missing in this Picture?

Anthony Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anthony Jackson

What is missing in the Obama Administration's view of world class education is a call for schools to produce students who actually know something about the world.

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